Translator's Foreword
Introduction
Prologue
I. SOUL
The World and the Soul
The Image of God
Fall and Return
II. WORD
Word with God
Word as Scripture
Word as Flesh
III. SPIRIT
Life in the Spirit
The Inner Human Being
The Inner Senses
IV. GOD
The Mystery of God
God, All in All
Translator's Epilogue
I. Recent Origen Studies
II. This Translation
Index of Abbreviations
Index of Passages Translated
Index of Biblical References

Hans Urs von Balthasar and Robert J. Daly

Originally published in German in 1938, this highly acclaimed volume presents more than one thousand selections from the various extant writings of Origen, the great Alexandrian theologian. Robert J. Daly, S.J., has re-translated the majority of these texts from the original Greek and Latin, added the scriptural references in the translated texts and an index, and included updated bibliographical information.
This volume comprises thoughts of one of the greatest of ancient theologians as seen through the eyes of an almost equally prolific successor in the same central Christian enterprise. The book remains a great resource for anyone interested in patristic theology, early Christian mysticism, and early interpretation of Scripture. This Cornerstones edition has a new introduction written by Robert J. Daly, S.J.